Archive for March, 2006
Monumental History of St. Ursola Nunnery Launched in Rome
Fr. George Aquilina OFM, historian and archivist of the Maltese Franciscan Province, has just returned from Rome, where he attended the official launching of the Italian edition of his monumental history of the Nunnery of Saint Ursola in Valletta.
Gozo Bishop to make second Fraternal Visit
On 18 April, Mgr. Mario Grech, the newly consecrated Bishop of Gozo, is to conduct a second fraternal visit to the community which gathers in the Franciscan church of Saint Anthony in Ghajnsielem,
Franciscan Rights to Clerical Ministry According to St. Bonaventure
Francis of Assisi wanted his friars to show respect and reverence “to priests who live according to the rite of the holy Roman Church” (Test 6). His Order was originally made up mostly of lay brothers, but by 1240 it had developed into a clerical Order, in which many of the brothers were preachers, missionaries,
Catecheses on the Mystries of the Passion
Every Friday evening during Lent, Fr. Marcello Ghirlando OFM is conducting a catechesis on the mysteries of Christ’s passion in the Rosary. These talks are aimed at preparing the faithful who frequent the Franciscan church of Valletta, popularly known as “Ta’ Ġieżu (from the titular Santa Maria
